The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) is moving to classify the buying and selling of crypto-assets according to the guidelines issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cointelegraph reported. According to the...
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) today published new regulatory guidance for blockchain-based payment transactions. The guidance follows the guidelines published by the Financial Action Task...
The concerns of U.S. lawmakers on Facebooks proposed cryptocurrency remain unresolved even after their recent meeting with Swiss regulators. Chairwoman of the House of Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters led a...
The U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has blacklisted several digital currency addresses that allegedly belonged to three Chinese nationals suspected money laundering and drug...
The White House has issued two advisories to warn that major cryptocurrencies are being used to buy fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The advisories, addressed to financial institutions and digital private sector...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Russian-based analytical agency ICORating for failing to disclose payments for positive reviews of various cryptocurrency events. As per a press release, the...
Indias Supreme Court has criticized the countrys central bank and ordered it to respond to complaints on the ban of banking services to crypto-related businesses. The news came following the latest session of several...
European Unions antitrust regulatory authority has reportedly launched a probe into Libra, Facebooks much-hyped cryptocurrency project announced in June this year, Bloomberg reported. As per the report, the European...
The Capital Market Authority of Israel is seeking to fast track the licensing procedures for domestic fintech companies in order to encourage competition in the local market, Calcalist reported. Currently, around 2,000...
The New York State Supreme Court ruled that it has jurisdiction to adjudicate the case between the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) and iFinex, the owner of Bitfinex and Tether. In the latest ruling dated...
The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore (ACCESS) has established a new Code of Practice together with multinational law firm Linklaters, targeting cryptocurrency entities operating in...
Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency will be discussed as a delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives will pay a visit to Switzerland in the coming days. According to local media outlet Soontag, six members of the House...
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has issued 18,000 warning letters to investors of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) for concentrating the majority of their retirement savings in cryptocurrencies, according to local news...
The Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) Payments System Board discussed Facebooks cryptocurrency launch plans during its recent meeting. In an update posted on the RBA website, the board discussed a number of issues...
The U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) is sending out another round of letters to cryptocurrency holders, but unlike the 10,000 notices sent out last month, the new ones will include the specific amounts owed by...